drunkard

/ˈdrʌŋkəd/ (bre, ipa) · [drˈʌŋkɚd] /ˈdrʌŋkərd/ (ame, ipa) · [drˈʌŋkɚd] /ˈdrəŋ-kərd How to pronounce drunkard (audio)/ (ame, mw)

drunkard — noun

1. someone who regularly drinks enough alcohol to end up drunk again and again

1.名詞C2
釋義

someone who regularly drinks enough alcohol to end up drunk again and again

例句

After losing two jobs, Emre was known around town as a drunkard.

be known as a drunkard

Putri begged her drunkard father not to sell the family scooter.

drunkard father

同義詞
  • drinker

    the neutral everyday word and not necessarily critical

  • boozer

    more informal and often more mocking

  • tippler

    more literary and often milder in tone

  • alcoholic

    usually used when dependence or addiction is meant

反義詞
  • teetotaler

    a person who chooses not to drink alcohol at all

文法句型

be known as a drunkard

call someone a drunkard

the village drunkard

用法筆記

Strongly judgmental and often old-fashioned. It usually describes a person whose heavy drinking shapes their reputation, not someone who is drunk on one occasion.

常見錯誤

❌He was a drunkard after three beers.
✅He was drunk after three beers.
💡drunkard names a repeated habit or reputation, not one evening's condition.